ChamberFest DUBLIN 19 April - 2 May 2021 WELCOME

Collaboration is one of ‘Visions and Dreams’ features a group of the most important “dream songs” chosen by the musicians, aspects of a musician’s and movements from Messiaen’s powerful life. Our chamber Visions de l’Amen performed by Rachel music partners offer us O’Hara and Laoise McMullin under the different perspectives guidance of their coach, Thérèse Fahy, who that challenge us, gave the Irish premiere of the work in 1990. feed our creativity and inspire us to form The rise of recorded performance has been united visions. In this past year of global of incredible value to the arts, yet there pandemic, in-person musical interaction is no substitute for the experience and has been one of the biggest losses to our excitement of performing live. 12 of the 15 musical lives. With the immense energy, concerts will be livestreamed, interspersed adaptability and commitment of our with backstage mini-interviews to allow students and chamber music coaches, audiences to feel closer to the performers, chamber music activity at RIAM has while also serving a practical function of continued. allowing cleaning and ventilation between performances. ChamberFest Dublin 2021 features almost 40 chamber music groups in 15 concerts ChamberFest Dublin could not take place streamed from the Royal Irish Academy of without an enormous amount of work Music, National Gallery of Ireland, Museum that goes on behind the scenes. Our of Literature Ireland and St Stephen’s fantastic team at RIAM has worked tirelessly Church “The Pepper Canister”. Highlights with a problem-solving determination include works by 6 female composers, a to allow music making and chamber historical performance research event and music performance at RIAM to continue. a chamber music masterclass with RIAM In addition, we are hugely grateful to faculty Christopher Marwood from the an anonymous donor for supporting Vanbrugh Quartet. The festival culminates ChamberFest Dublin 2021, and to The John in a performance by RIAM’s exploratory Pollard Foundation and the National Gallery group, Ensemble Interforma. of Ireland for supporting the performance by Ensemble Interforma. It is with huge The programming of ChamberFest Dublin pleasure that we present such an exciting, is a collaborative process, with students collaboratively produced two-week forming their own chamber music groups, chamber music festival to audiences joining researching and choosing repertoire us from their homes. under the mentorship of their coaches. ‘Impressions from Bohemia’ presents works Prof. Sarah Sew by Dvořák and Smetana, including a version Head of Strings and of Smetana's Piano Trio with double bass replacing the , arranged by final year Chamber Music bachelor’s bassist, Alex Felle. Royal Irish Academy of Music AT A GLANCE

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Opening Concert: Lunchtime Event Historical Lunchtime Concert: Evening Concert Organ Room, RIAM, 7.30pm Performance Presentations: Board Room, RIAM, 1pm Pepper Canister Church, 7.30pm Bacewicz / Ewald / Beethoven Organ Room, RIAM, 1pm Mozart / Mendelssohn / Dvořák / Rossini Rheinberger / Villa Lobos / Ingoldsby / Scordatura and “Cross-Tunings” in Folk Rouse / Cage / Skidmore TUE 20 APR and Classical Traditions TUE 27 APR Biber / Tartini / “Three Forks of Cheat” SUN 2 MAY Lunchtime Concert: Discovering Early Italian Violin Sonatas Lunchtime Concert: Organ Room, RIAM, 1pm Cima / Castello / Fontana Board Room, RIAM, 1pm Closing Concert ‘Re: Form’: National Borodin / Krommer / Gershwin Simplifying Bass lines in Baroque Schumann / Reger / Beethoven Gallery of Ireland, 7.30pm Music Evening Concert: ‘Impressions from Handel WED 28 APR Ensemble Interforma Bohemia’: Organ Room, RIAM, 7.30pm Evening Concert: Organ Room, RIAM, Lunchtime Concert: J Strauss II arr. Brett Dean / Walshe / Smetana / Dvořák 7.30pm Board Room, RIAM, 1pm Stravinsky / Clyne Rota / Keal / Piazzolla Poulenc / Beethoven / N Boulanger / WED 21 APR Debussy FRI 23 APR Lunchtime Concert: Evening Concert: Organ Room, RIAM, 1pm Chamber Music Masterclass with Pepper Canister Church, 7.30pm Jolivet / Poulenc / Piazzolla Christopher Marwood: Board Room, Loeillet / Telemann / Beethoven / Purcell RIAM, 11am Early Evening Concert: THURS 29 APR MoLI, 5pm Lunchtime Concert: Organ Room, Schubert / Bruch / Gál RIAM, 1pm Evening Concert ‘Visions and Poulenc / Saint-Saëns / Labor Dreams’: Organ Room, RIAM, 7.30pm Early Evening Concert: Schubert / Grieg / Gounod / Fauré / MoLI, 5.00pm Roger Quilter / Messiaen Debussy / Shostakovich / Brahms / Mendelssohn / Ravel / Chausson / Purcell Monday 19 April

Opening Concert

7.30 pm

Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music

Bacewicz: No 1 New Wave Quartet Erin Hennessey, violin Abigail Prián Gallardo, Inana Garis, violin Albert Espina, cello

Ewald: Brass Quintet No 1 Op 5 Irish Chamber Brass Glen Carr, trumpet Kieran Sharkey, trombone Nathan McDonnell, trumpet Adam Buttimer, tuba Niamh Huethorst, horn

Beethoven: Adagio - Allegro con brio from Septet in E-flat Major Op 20 Jisun Min, violin Jarlath Mulholland, clarinet; Arianna Ciommiento, viola Eunsuh Park, bassoon Alice Romano, cello Niamh Huethorst, horn Carlos Eduardo Gomes, double bass Tuesday 20 April

Lunchtime Concert Evening Concert ‘Impressions from Bohemia’ 1.00 pm

Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music 7.30 pm

Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Borodin: Allegro moderato and Notturno: Andante from String Quartet No 2 in D Major Smetana: Moderato assai and Allegro, ma non agitato Tatyana Wearen, violin Lucy Varney, viola from Piano Trio in G minor, Op 15 Kevin Meehan, violin Peadar Ó Loinsigh, cello Ella Nagy, piano Inana Garis, violin Krommer: Allegro Moderato, Romanza and Rondo Alex Felle, double bass from Oboe Trio in F Major Gershwin arr Matthew Manning: “I Got Rhythm” Smetana: Allegro vivo - Appassionato and Allegro moderato a la Holly Chilton, oboe; polka from String Quartet No 1 in E Minor “From my life” Maria Jose Rojas Cruz, oboe Quartet Agharta Ben Gannon, oboe Jisun Min, violin Abigail Prian Gallardo, viola

Klaudija Antonia Đikić, violin Peadar Ó Loinsigh, cello

Dvořák: Finale: Vivace ma non troppo from String Quartet in F Major Op 96 “American” Iveagh Quartet Claire O’Connor, violin Charlotte von Kietzell, viola Chloe O’Connor, violin Elena O’Connor, cello

Dvořák: Allegro ma non tanto from Piano Quintet in A major Op 81 Kah Mun Ong, piano Arianna Ciommiento, viola Jisun Min, violin Alice Romano, cello Erin Hennessey, violin Wednesday 21 April

Lunchtime Concert Early Evening Concert

1.00 pm 5.00pm

Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI)

Jolivet: Sonatine for Flute and Clarinet Schubert: Allegro and Andante con moto Meadhbh O’Rourke, flute from String Quartet No 14 in D Minor D810 Patrick Burke, clarinet “Death and the Maiden” The Nova Quartet Poulenc: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano FP 43 Inana Garis, violin Arianna Ciommiento, viola Ben Gannon, oboe Tatyana Wearen, violin Alice Romano, cello Eunsuh Park, bassoon Chuhan Jin, piano Bruch: Andante, Allegro con moto and Andante con moto Piazzolla: Cinco Piezas for Violin and Double Bass from 8 Pieces Op 83 Jisun Min, violin Holly Chilton, oboe Carlos Eduardo Gomes, double bass Albert Espina Carpi, cello Chuyun Hu, piano

Gál: Trio for Oboe, Violin and Viola Op 94 Trio Zoticus Maria Jose Rojas Cruz, oboe Klaudija Antonia Đikić, violin Abigail Prian Gallardo, viola Thursday 22 April

Lunchtime Event Evening Concert

1.00 pm 7.30pm

Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music

Historical Performance Presentations Rota: Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano Aleyna Tunca, violin Scordatura and “Cross-Tunings” in Folk and Baroque Traditions Daniel Boon, piano Erin Hennessey, baroque violin Kim O’Brien, flute Matthew Breen, harpsichord Biber: Rosary Sonata No 2 in A Major, “The Visitation” (completed c. 1676, Keal: Ballade published 1905) Abigail Prian Gallardo, viola Tartini: Pastorale in A Major, B A16, Grave and Allegro (c.1731) Chuhan Jin, piano “Three Forks of Cheat” from the playing of the Hammons Family, West Virginia, recorded in 1947 Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango Jack Kennedy, guitar Discovering Early Italian Violin Sonatas Jisun Min, violin Jenna Raggett, baroque violin Matthew Breen, harpsichord Cima: Sonata Prima for Violin and Violine from the collection of Concerti Ecceliasticci (Milano 1610) Castello: Sonata Prima, Sonate Concertante in stil Moderno, Libro secondo (Venice, 1629) Fontana: Sonata Seconda (Venice 1641)

Simplifying Bass lines in Baroque Music Alex Felle, double bass Erin Hennessey, baroque violin Jenna Raggett, baroque violin Matthew Breen, harpsichord Peadar O Loinsigh, baroque cello

Handel: Trio Sonata in F major, Op 5 No 6 HWV 401 Friday 23 April

Chamber Music Masterclass with Early Evening Concert Christopher Marwood 5.00pm 11.00 pm Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) Board Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Debussy: Animé et très décidé from String Quartet in G minor Op 10 Performers to be announced Caoilfhinn Tan, violin Eve Quigley, viola Jenna Raggett, violin Alice Romano, cello Lunchtime Concert Shostakovich: 5 Pieces for Two Violins and Piano 1.00 pm Fantasy Trio Brendan Kennedy, piano Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Jisun Min, violin Klaudija Antonia Đikić, violin Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata FP 184 Brahms: Am Strande Saint-Saëns: Allegretto and Allegro animato Mendelssohn: Herbstlied from Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major Op 167 Jarlath Mulholland, clarinet Chausson: La Nuit JJ McNamara, piano Purcell: Let Us Wander Caoimh Ella Lundy, soprano Lauren McCann, soprano Labor: Allegro, Scherzo: Allegro vivace and Andante Heather Sammon, mezzo-soprano from Piano Quintet in E Minor Op 3 Sophie Redmond Kehoe, mezzo-soprano Frasier Hickland, piano Peadar Ó Loinsigh, cello Xu Fei Han, piano Jenna Raggett, violin Alex Felle, double bass Dean Kelly, piano Inana Garis, viola;

Monday 26 April Tuesday 27 April

Lunchtime Concert Lunchtime Concert

1.00 pm 1.00 pm Board Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Board Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music

Mozart: Piano and Violin Sonata in E minor K304 Emma O’Brien, piano Schumann: Romanzen Op 94 Ben Gannon, oboe Leila Clarke-Carr, violin Tanya Massey, piano

Mendelssohn: Nos I, II and V from Six Childrens Pieces arranged for Wind Quartet Op 72 Reger: Larghetto from Serenade Op 141a The Ventus Quartet Beethoven: Serenade in D major Op 25 Ciara Corrigan-Margetts, flute Maria O’Dea, bassoon Trio Primo Michael Noonan, flute Margot Maurel, clarinet, Cecily O’Brien, horn Leila Clarke-Carr, violin Lucy Varney, viola

Dvořák: Terzetto in C Major Op 74 Poulenc: Oboe Sonata FP 185 André Stokes, violin Ben Gannon, oboe Xinyi Hu, violin Tanya Massey, piano Eve Quigley, viola

Rossini: Quartet No 1 in F Major The Ventus Quartet Ciara Corrigan-Margetts, flute; Maria O’Dea, bassoon Margot Maurel, clarinet Cecily O’Brien, horn Wednesday 28 April

Lunchtime Concert Evening Concert

1.00 pm 7.00 pm

Board Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music The Pepper Canister Church

Beethoven: Variations in E-flat Major on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe Loeillet: Sonata No 1 in A Minor fühlen” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte WoO46 Telemann: Canonic Sonata No 2 in F Major Dáire Ní Chonaill, recorder N Boulanger: Trois piecès Rachel Nolan, flute Sonas Duo Davide Forti, cello Beethoven: Six Minutes Wo09 Francesca De Nardi, piano Colla McParland, violin Megan Churcher, violin Debussy: Violin Sonata in G Minor Alex Felle, double bass Caoilfhinn Tan, violin Daniel Boon, piano Purcell: Excerpts from The Fairy Queen Kevin Meehan, violin Xinyi Hu, violin Lucy Varney, viola Peadar Ó Loinsigh, cello Carlos Eduardo Gomes, double bass Dáire Ní Chonaill, recorder Arthur Greene, harpsichord Thursday 29 April Friday 30 April

Evening Concert ‘Visions and Dreams’ Evening Concert

7.30 pm 7.30 pm

Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music The Pepper Canister Church

Schubert: Nacht und Träume Rheinberger: Praeludium and Canzone Grieg: Ein Traum from Suite for Violin and Organ Op 166 Gounod: Sérénade Aleyna Tunca, violin Gounod: La Siesta Arthur Greene, organ Fauré: Après un rêve Roger Quilter: Three Duets Villa Lobos: Choros No 2 Caroline Behan, soprano Ingoldsby: Deuce Aimée-Rose Willett, soprano Meadhbh O’Rourke, flute Doireann O’Carroll, piano Patrick Burke, clarinet

Messiaen: Amen de la Création, Amen de l’agonie de Jésus, Rouse: Ku-ka-ilimoku Amen du désir and Amen des anges, des saints, du chant Cage: Second Construction des oiseaux from Visions de l’Amen Skidmore: Ritual Music Laoise McMullin, piano RIAM Percussion Ensemble Rachel O’Hara, piano Emily Gatchell, percussion Chi Hui Ho, percussion Rónán Scarlett, percussion Cormac Horan, percussion Sunday 2 May

Closing Concert ‘Re: Form’ 7.30 pm

Shaw Room, National Gallery of Ireland

Ensemble Interforma Sarah Sew, director

J Strauss II arr Brett Dean: Die Fledermaus Jennifer Walshe: Zussamen i Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat (Dumbarton Oaks) Anna Clyne: Within Her Arms First and foremost, a good arrangement can open a work to a different and wider audience. Ensemble Interforma Editing in the reduction from large to small enables performances with much less effort and much simpler means. The famous arrangements in the Schönberg-Kreis (Association for Private Musical Performances, Vienna, 1918-22) are still the best examples of this and are among my favourite arrangements, especially “Das Lied der Waldtaube” from Schönberg’s Ensemble Interforma is made up of a core 15 players of flexible instrumentation, with Gurrelieder, arranged for mezzo-soprano and small ensemble. Such arrangements have artistic leadership from violinist, Sarah Sew. The group focuses not on the individual, certainly made this music audible and tangible for many more people (in a time without but on the group as a collective, looking outward at open collaboration, crossing recordings and radio broadcasts) and cast an interesting light on the “chamber music” of boundaries and art form. The group explores repertoire from all periods, focusing on even great symphonic works such as Mahler’s symphonies, even if they certainly reach their works that compel, provoke and inspire. tonal limits. Since my student days, I’ve always learned a lot from working on other pieces. Not only Tonight’s concert, entitled “Re:Form”, is based on an organic approach to re-forming about the instrumentation but also about the form and architecture of the music. A lecturer traditional ensembles combined with a future looking reform of “traditional” ideals at the Conservatory in Brisbane (where I studied) always encouraged me to do this, with of instrumentation. The programme features 4 works with an equal male:female the words, “Always remember, when you arrange a work, the original becomes part of one’s composer ratio. Johann Strauss II’s orchestral overture to Die Fledermaus is own piece”. You fully immerse yourself in someone else’s way of thinking and composing. transformed into a chamber music work in Brett Dean’s reduction for the same As far as “confronting” or “flattering” is concerned, it is particularly important to me that instrumentation as Schubert’s iconic Octet in F. Stravinsky uses the spirit of Bach’s one should always remain “true” to the spirit of the original. Interestingly, I originally Brandenburg Concertos for his modern-day concerto grosso, Dumbarton Oaks. included a few small musical “gags” in my Strauss arrangement (e.g. short, unprepared Ensemble Interforma is delighted to work directly with composer, Jennifer Walshe, quotations from other well-known pieces). In the end, however, it worked much better and stage director, Tom Creed, on Zusammen i, scored for a group of 10 performers without this, ie “straight”. without specified instruments. The concert finishes with Anna Clyne’s, Within Her Brett Dean Arms. The work democratises the traditional string orchestra — rather than more upper voices tiering down to less lower voices, the instrumentation is egalitarian with equal numbers of first violins, second violins, , and basses. I played Bach very regularly during the composition of the concerto and I was greatly attracted to the Brandenburg Concertos. Whether or not the first theme of my first movement is a conscious borrowing from the third of the Brandenburg set, however, I do not Ensemble know. What I can say is that Bach would most certainly have been delighted to loan it to me; to borrow in this way was exactly the sort of thing he liked to do. Sarah Sew, director/violin Albert Espina, cello Igor Stravinsky Erin Hennessey, violin Alex Felle, bass Inana Garis, violin Carlos Eduardo Gomes, bass Jisun Min, violin Aura Stone, bass* Within Her Arms is music for my mother, with all my love. Klaudija Antonia Đikić, violin Meadhbh O’Rourke, flute Earth will keep you tight within her arms dear one— André Stokes, violin Jarlath Mulholland, clarinet So that tomorrow you will be transformed into flowers— Abigail Prián Gallardo, viola Eunsuh Park, bassoon This flower smiling quietly in this morning field— Arianna Ciommiento, viola Niamh Huethorst, horn This morning you will weep no more dear one— Eve Quigley, viola Cecily O’Brien, horn For we have gone through too deep a night. This morning, yes, this morning, Zoë Stedje, cello I kneel down on the green grass— Peadar O’Loinsigh, cello *Guest musician And I notice your presence. Flowers, that speak to me in silence. The message of love and understanding has indeed come. —Thich Nhat Hanh Anna Clyne ChamberFest Dublin Prize 2021 Biographies - Strings

The Royal Irish Academy of Music is delighted to announce an exciting new chamber music prize. One of the groups participating in the 2021 iteration of ChamberFest Dublin will be offered a concert engagement at the Hugh Lane Gallery as part of its prestigious Sundays@Noon series. The concert will be recorded and broadcast, with additional documentary footage and radio interview, in collaboration with Near FM and a fee of €1000 will be extended to the selected group for their performance at Sundays@Noon. All chamber music groups performing at ChamberFest Dublin 2021 will be considered and selection for the final round will be made by the Head of Chamber Music in consultation with external Aleyna Tunca André Stokes Caoilfhinn Tan chamber music examiners. Selected groups will be announced on Violin Violin Violin Friday 30 April and invited to compete in the Final, which will be held on Wednesday 5 May 2021 in the RIAM Organ Room. Aleyna Tunca is a Turkish André Stokes is a violinist Caoilfhinn Tan is currently violinist based in Ireland. As in his 2nd year of study at studying with Sarah Sew ChamberFest Dublin Prize 2021 is presented an experienced orchestral the Royal Irish Academy at the Royal Irish Academy player, Aleyna has of Music. Having started of Music. She holds a in partnership with Sundays@Noon at the performed with numerous playing at age 5, he has Diploma in Teaching and Hugh Lane Gallery. orchestras, including the performed both as an Performance from the Turkish-German Symphony orchestral musician and RIAM and a Diploma in Orchestra in Bonn, as soloist with the DYO Performance from the Greek-Turkish Symphony Symphony Orchestra, of ABRSM. Since learning to Orchestra in Greece, and which he was leader in play the violin from the age the International Symphony 2019/2020. of 4, she has won numerous Orchestra in Bremen. She commendations and prizes made her solo début in nationally in the Feis Ceoil . Saint Yuhanna Cathedral As an enthusiastic chamber Basilica in 2016 in Izmir. musician, she has toured Aleyna acted as leader of extensively around Ireland the Dokuz Eylul Academic and Europe and Asia Symphony Orchestra, and with the Young European Kordon Rotaract Chamber Strings Chamber Orchestra Orchestras from 2015-2017. and the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland Colla McParland Erin Hennessey Inana Garis Jenna Raggett Jisun Min Kevin Meehan Violin Violin Violin Violin Violin Violin

Colla McParland is a Erin Hennessey performs Inana Garis is a dedicated In her final year, Jenna Jisun Min was born and Kevin is a RIAM BMusPerf second-year student as a soloist and chamber and enthusiastic student studies with Sarah Sew brought up in South Yr2 student of Mia Cooper studying on the Bachelor musician across the United of classical music and is and Maeve Broderick, and Korea. She studied violin at and Claire Duff. Recently in Music Performance States and Ireland and is currently in her final year also studied on Erasmus KNUA (The Korea National accepted into the IYBO, degree. He hopes to go on deeply invested in reviving of her bachelor’s degree with Ernst Kovacic at the University of Arts) in Seoul he is leader of an RIAM to study and work in the the music of under- in violin performance and University of Performing where she graduated Baroque Ensemble. field of chamber music represented composers. is applying for a master’s Arts, Vienna. A keen Preliminary Conservatory, Previously leader of WIT and is interested in a broad She has recently received degree to further her chamber musician, Jenna Bachelor and Master of Art. Orchestra, he premiered repertoire ranging from the Gaiety Bursary to studies. In the future, she is has performed at West Jisun Min has performed as an orchestral work by Haydn and Beethoven perform and record two looking forward to pursue Cork Chamber Music concert master of Western Greg Scanlon, with solo Quartets to the chamber unperformed works: Ina her dream job of playing in Festival masterclasses in Symphony Orchestra, composed for Kevin. transcriptions of early Boyle’s Phantasy for violin a professional symphony 2018 & 2019. Jenna has Korea Youth Symphony Amongst other groups, twentieth century songs. and chamber orchestra and orchestra and exploring any recently participated in solo Orchestra, Crossover he’s also performed with Verdina Shlonsky’s Sonata new projects or ideas that masterclasses with Carmine Orchestra and the Seoul Wexford Sinfonia. for violin and piano. may present themselves Lauri and Maighreád Symphony Orchestra in throughout the journey. McCrann. She studies South Korea. She was Baroque violin with Claire awarded the Colin Staveley Duff, leader of IBO. Memorial Award for Strings in the 2020 Maura Dowdall Competition. She was a finalist at the 2017 International Beethoven Chamber Music Competition (Poland Luslawice, Penderecki Center), and was awarded first prizes at The Strad Competition in Seoul, and the Seoul Philharmonic Competition, and was a prizewinner of MBC Busan Music Competition. She is currently studying for a Recital Artist Diploma of the RIAM with Professor Fionnuala Hunt. Klaudija Antonia Leila Clarke-Carr Megan Churcher Tatyana Wearen Xinyi Hu Abigail Prian Đikić Violin Violin Violin Violin Gallardo Violin Viola Leila Clarke-Carr comes Megan Churcher is Tatyana Wearen studies Xinyi Hu is from China. from a very artistic and a violinist based in with Maeve Broderick and Before coming to Dublin, Klaudija Antonia Đikić Abigail is a Spanish violist creative background Dublin. After spending Mia Cooper at RIAM. She is she learned the violin with studies with Professor who studied the Viola and has been studying her transition year in currently in her 3rd year of Prof. Bing Xia in Sichuan Sarah Sew at RIAM. She is Performance Degree violin since she was 7. Denmark, studying at the Bachelor performance Conservatory of Music in currently in her third year of in Málaga (Spain) and She is currently a third the classical music school degree. Tatyana has Chengdu. Xinyi is now the Bachelor Performance Eisenstadt (Austria). She is year student at RIAM on Orkesterefterskolen, Megan performed for the Greek studying the Diploma degree. Klaudija Antonia currently on an internship the Bachelors in Music was eager to further President in Farmleigh in Music Teaching and has performed with many at the RIAM. She has Performance degree, with develop her musicianship 2020 with a chamber Performance in Royal Irish ensembles here in Ireland performed with a lot of Sebastian Liebig. Leila has and to continue to create ensemble from Leeson Academy of Music with Mia and abroad. She won orchestras from South been awarded at the Feis music with people. She is Park School of Music and Cooper. second prize at Croatian Spain as well with chamber Ceoil and Newpark Music currently in her first year won the High Achievers Music Competition. music groups. She enjoys Festival and won first place of her bachelor’s degree in Cup in LPSM on three the use of electronic at the DIT Junior Repertoire. music performance, where occasions. She has been a devices in the performance, She has performed with she studies with Joanne member of the National to emphasize the pedal the DIT Sinfonia Orchestra, Quigley. Youth Orchestra of Ireland loop and the improvisation. RIAM Symphony Orchestra, and led the DYO Concert SinfoNua, the Irish Baroque Orchestra in Madrid and Orchestra, the Vanbrugh has performed here in Junior Quartet and the RTÉ Ireland and abroad. Con Tempo Junior Strings Quartet. Arianna Eve Quigley Lucy Varney Albert Espina Alice Romano Davide Forti & Ciommiento Viola Viola Carpi Cello Francesca De

Viola Eve Quigley studies viola Lucy Varney studies with Cello Alice Romano is an Italian Nardi with Rosalind Ventris at Rosalind Ventris at the cellist currently studying Cello & Piano Arianna Ciommiento is an the Royal Irish Academy RIAM where she is currently Albert Espina is an student at the RIAM in Dublin. She Italian viola player, she is in his 3rd year of a BA of Music. She has been in second year of the studies at the “G. Tartini” Davide Forti and Francesca 20 years old and attends a member of a number BMus degree. Last year course. Born in Spain, he conservatory in Trieste, the last year of Bachelor at won the Graduation Prize De Nardi have been of courses including the she completed a DipMus where she graduated for performing together “Conservatorio J. Tomadini” Camerata Ireland Academy, in violin and viola. Lucy in cello speciality when he the bachelor under the in Udine (Italy), studying finished pre-college music since 2016 and have been the Royal Concertgebouw has performed both in guidance of Pietro Serafin awarded many national with Lorenzo Nassimbeni. Orchestra Young and the Ireland and abroad, with education. Starting his and she is now studying She is currently on her music education at the age and international prizes, National Youth Orchestra of numerous ensembles. Lucy with Federico Magris for the most recently the Elsner Erasmus period here in Ireland. She is also an avid enjoys studying historical of eight, he has received master. She is the cellist of RIAM, under the guide cello lessons from Marina Memorial Cup at the Feis chamber musician. performance and features the “Virtuoso Quintet”. Ceoil 2021.Davide holds a of Robin Panter. She has on the soundtrack of the Sanchís and Adrian Van performed in many Italian Dongen. Master’s from Conservatorio 2021 award-winning Irish G. Tartini (Trieste, Italy) orchestras over the years, short film ‘Waiting’ including the National and also graduated as Orchestra of Italian Recital Artist from RIAM Conservatories, where she is (distinction). He is a principal viola since 2018. multiple prize winner in the Feis Ceoil solo competitions. Francesca holds a Master’s in piano from Conservatorio G. Tartini (distinction), in violin from RIAM and in medical biotechnology from University of Udine (Udine, Italy). They teach at the DKIT and for Music Generation Louth. Peadar Ó Alex Felle Carlos Eduardo Jack Kennedy Iveagh Quartet Loinsigh Double Bass Gomes Classical Guitar Cello Double Bass The members of the Alex has since 2019 played Jack Kennedy is a classical Iveagh Quartet are Claire regularly as an extra with guitarist and music teacher O’Connor, Chloe O’Connor, Cellist Peadar Ó Loinsigh Carlos Eduardo Gomes the RTÉ Concert Orchestra based in Waterford, Ireland. Charlotte von Kietzell has performed in the was born in São Paulo, he and Ulster Orchestra. He In 2018, he won the senior and Elena O’Connor. The National Concert Hall, The studied double bass with also has an interest in classical guitar Feis Ceoil quartet was formed in National Opera House, Max Ebert (SP School of historical performance competition and was also 2017 and has performed in Wexford, and is currently Music) and Gunter Klaus practice, playing with awarded the Briget Doolan many concerts including a mentor of the National (HMDK Frankfurt am Main). various early music Memorial Cup in the same in Áras an Uachtaráin, Symphony Orchestra. His He developed intense ensembles and taking year. Jack is a final year Dublin Castle and Trinity studies have led him to pedagogical carrier at part in the Irish Baroque Masters in Performance College. The quartet has perform in masterclasses Projeto Guri and Baccarelli Orchestra Apprenticeship student at the RIAM. participated in a number with Mischa Maisky, Institute in Brazil and scheme. He is studying of masterclasses with Raphael Wallfisch, the was member of Radio TV with Séamus Doyle musicians such as Daniel Emerson Quartet and Orchestra, São Pedro Opera Rowland, the Contempo the Vogler Quartet. He House and Piracicaba Quartet and the Vanbrugh is currently a student of Symphony Orchestra. Quartet. The quartet has Christopher Marwood. won a number of prizes including in Feis Ceoil. Wind, Brass & Percussion

Michael Noonan Rachel Nolan Ben Gannon Flute Flute Oboe

Michael Noonan is currently Rachel is an Irish flute Ben Gannon made his solo in his second year of the player studying with début in Carnegie Hall Ciara Corrigan- Kim O’Brien Meadhbh BMus Performance degree Ríona Ó Duinnín. She has in 2017. He is a winner of Margetts Flute O’Rourke where he is studying flute played in many different many awards including with Susan Doyle. Michael chamber group and is also the Trench Award 2020 Flute Kim O’Brien is a flautist Flute has studied part-time flute a keen orchestral and solo and was a finalist in the studying with William with Susan since the tender performer. Rachel recently Irish Freemasons Young Ciara Corrigan-Margetts Dowdall at the RIAM Meadhbh O’Rourke is a 1st age of 6 and has since won the McCullough Cup Musician of the Future 2019. is a first year flute student Dublin. She is currently Year MMus and scholarship played with numerous and RTÉ lyric fm €1,500 He has performed with the on the BMus Performance in her second year of the student studying with ensembles around Ireland. award in this years Feis RTÉ́ Concert Orchestra and course at RIAM. Originally Bachelors Degree in Music Professor William Dowdall. Michael was lucky enough Ceoil. She is en route to Ulster Orchestra. from West Sussex in Performance. Kim has She has freelanced with to play in Dublin Castle completing a bachelor England, Ciara moved to performed in venues across orchestras and ensembles for President Michael D degree in music education. Dublin in September to the globe both as a soloist such as RTÉ National Higgins’ inauguration. . pursue her musical studies. and in youth orchestras, Symphony Orchestra, Michael is sought after as Before attending the such as Donegal, Leuven RTÉ Concert Orchestra a pit orchestra musician Academy Ciara also was and Portugal. and Crash Ensemble. and has played at many an avid oboe player, before She completed her musicals. deciding to concentrate on undergraduate study at her development in flute the Royal Conservatoire of playing. Scotland and also studied in the Netherlands. Holly Chilton Maria Jose Rojas Jarlath Margot Maurel Patrick Burke Eunsuh Park Oboe Cruz Mulholland Clarinet Clarinet Bassoon

Holly Chilton is an Irish Oboe Clarinet Margot Maurel is an 18 Patrick is a clarinettist/ Eunsuh Park was born in oboist in her final year of year old clarinettist from bass clarinettist based Seoul. He studied at the a BA at RIAM. Holly has Maria Rojas is currently Jarlath Mulholland is France. She studied at in Dublin. He completed Yon-Sei University in South performed concertos by finishing her last year currently studying clarinet the conservatory of Aix en his undergraduate Korea and continued his Haydn and Albinoni with as a Bachelor in Music and saxophone as a Masters Provence for 10 years with studies in RIAM in 2015 studies at the University the Accora Orchestra in Performance student at student at The Royal Irish Daniel Paloyan, acquiring and completed MMus in of Music and Performing Ireland and France. She has the Royal Irish Academy of Academy of Music under a solid musical foundation Performance at the Royal Arts Stuttgart, the HFM also performed with RIAM Music under the tutelage the mentorship of John and gaining a love for Conservatoire of Scotland University of Music Philharmonia, SinfoNua, of RTÉ NSO principal oboist Finucane, Paul Roe, and music from a young age. in 2018, following which he Saarbrücken and the and with KMH Symphony Matthew Manning. Ken Edge. He has been Margot has enjoyed playing returned to Ireland where University of Music Freiburg Orchestra while on working as a professional in many orchestras, and he currently balances in Germany with Mark Erasmus in Stockholm. She regularly performs musician for over 18 has had several soloist a busy freelance and Engelhardt, Guilhaume around Ireland in chamber years and has a wealth of opportunities. She is now teaching schedule. Santana and Diego Chenna. music ensembles and performing experience in her first year of the BMus Eunsuh was Principal wind quintets, as well as having played in most Performance in RIAM, Bassoon with Seoul Youth being a member of the major theatres and concert under the tutelage of John Philharmonic orchestra SinfoNua Orchestra since venues throughout Ireland. Finucane. and the Yong-In National 2017. Maria joined the RTÉ He has also spent time Police Orchestra in South NSO Mentoring Scheme performing in the UK, Korea. He has performed as in 2019/2020 and has been Germany, France, Finland a Guest Principal Bassoon mentored by members and the Czech Republic. player with the Homburger of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, KT Symphony Orchestra and Jarlath prides himself Chamber Orchestra and Concert Orchestra, London as being a multi- the Feriburg Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Berlin instrumentalist and is a Orchestra in German and Phil, NDR Elbphilharmonie highly sought after clarinet, South Korea. Orchestra, Finish National saxophone and keyboards Eunsuh has joined as Opera, Lucerne Symphony session musician/recording a member of the HRM Orchestra and the CBSO. artist. He also works as an Chamber Music with audio technician/studio partners Guilhaume engineer and has worked Santana, Johannes on a lot of major festivals Gmeinder, Ludwig throughout the country. Rast, Mario Blaumer and Wolfgang Harrer in Saarbrücken. Maria O’Dea Cecily Montague Niamh Huethorst Glen Carr Nathan Adam Buttimer Bassoon O’Brien French Horn Trumpet McDonnell Tuba

Maria has been playing French Horn Niamh studies with Cormac Glen Carr recently Trumpet Adam Buttimer is a first bassoon for over 8 years Ó’hAodáin and Bethan completed his Bachelor year student in the BMus under the guidance Cecily Montague-O’Brien is Watkeys at RIAM. Niamh in Music Performance at Nathan McDonnell is a Performance degree. He is of John Hearne and is currently studying for her is a multi-prize Feis Ceoil the Royal Irish Academy of Dublin based trumpeter originally from Tipperary. currently completing a Diploma in Music Teaching winner, having won the Music and is continuing to from Co. Wicklow. He His musical career began Diploma in Music Teaching and Performance at the Senior Brass Recital at Feis study on the Professional is currently attending at age five when he started and Performance. She Royal Irish Academy of Ceoil in 2019. Most recently, Mentorship programme the RIAM and is in his taking piano lessons and has played in numerous Music, where she is being Niamh has successfully with his teacher Colm 3rd year of a bachelor began learning tuba at age orchestras over the years, mentored by Cormac obtained a place on Byrne. Glen is already in in music performance ten. He’s played with the including the National Ó hAodáin and Bethan the Ulster Orchestra demand as a freelance degree. Nathan is currently National Youth Orchestra, Youth Orchestra of Ireland Watkeys. She has been a Professional Experience trumpet player and has studying under David CSM symphony Orchestra and the Ulster Youth member of the National Scheme for 2021/2022. worked with numerous Collins and Colm Byrne. and Clonmel Concert Band Orchestra. Youth Orchestra of Ireland Irish orchestras. An avid just to name a few. and the Irish Youth Wind chamber musician, Glen Ensemble. has much experience in the genre having performed with various brass ensembles throughout his degree. Dáire Ní Chonaill Kieran Sharkey Chi-Hui Ho Cormac Horan Emily Gatchell Rónán Scarlett Recorder Euphonium Percussion Percussion Percussion Percussion

Dáire Ní Chonaill is an Kieran Sharkey is a Dublin Taiwanese percussionist, Cormac Horan has recently Emily Gatchell is currently Rónán started his Irish recorder player who based tenor and bass Chi-Hui HO commenced graduated with a BA in in the fourth year of percussion studies from specialises in Early Music. trombonist from Donegal. her percussion studies Music Performance and the Bachelors in Music the age of 7 with Monica Dáire plays solo, in chamber He is a recent BMus with Dr. Pei-Ching WU. is currently studying with Performance at the Royal Bonnie and later with Prof. groups, and accompanying graduate from TU Dublin She is currently a student Richard O’Donnell, doing Irish Academy of Music. She Richard O’Donnell at The operas and vocal groups specialising in Music of Richard O’Donnell. At a Professional Mentorship is originally from Florida Royal Irish Academy of around Ireland. Dáire also Performance with his tutor home in Taiwan, she was course. Cormac has been and moved to Ireland Music. provides workshops on Jonathan Clifford. He is a member of Jumping a member of the RIAM to study percussion and Baroque instruments and currently studying with Percussion Group percussion ensemble is a student of Richard He is a member of the performance for Tutti Music Christopher Nery on the and Lecturer of the Ju for 5 years performing in O’Donnell. Last year she Defence Forces School of Ireland. Professional Mentorship Percussion Instructor NYU, Lehman College and took part in the Erasmus Music and in his final year course in the Royal Irish Teaching System before her Queens College on various scheme and studied for of the Masters degree at Academy of Music. studies at RIAM. occasions. two semesters at the the RIAM. Over the years he Royal College of Music in has spent time performing Stockholm studying with with various orchestras Daniel Berg and Joakim and ensemble such as Anterot. Emily is part of the The National Symphony RIAM Percussion Ensemble Orchestra of Ireland, The performing concerts in Irish Chamber Orchestra, Dublin as well as NYC and The Irish Baroque has been a member for 4 and Crash Ensemble. years. The ensemble has Since joining The RIAM performed in venues such Percussion Ensemble he as NYU, Lehman College has also performed as and Queens College. soloist with the the group in Ireland (NCH), USA and Columbia. Keyboard

Dean Kelly Daniel Boon Doireann Piano Piano O’Carroll

Dean Kelly is a 27 year old Daniel is a Dublin-based Piano pianist from Dublin. He pianist. He is currently Brendan Chuhan Jin Chuyun Hu started his lessons at age studying at the Royal Doireann O’Carroll is a twenty-five year old pianist Kennedy Piano Piano 12 with Breda Walsh and Irish Academy of Music. entered the RIAM at age 16 Daniel’s first instrument from Tralee. She studied at the Kerry School of Music Piano Chuhan Jin, from China, Chuyun Hu, an Erasmus to to study with Anthony was trombone which he Byrne. He is currently in began playing at age 10. in Tralee from the age of began learning piano at exchange student at the four. Eventually she moved Brendan Kennedy recently the age of four. She is an Royal Irish Academy of the DipMus course and He decided to transition to completed the Masters will be starting the BA in piano at age 15. Although on to study with Eleanor undergraduate student Music, graduated from the Malone at the MTU Cork in Music Performance at The Royal Academy of Royal Northern College of September. taking to piano quite late, programme at the Royal Daniel has been engrossed School of Music where she Music in Aarhus/Aalborg, Music with a Bachelor of graduated with a First Class Irish Academy of Music with Søren Rastogi and Music (with Honours) in in it ever since. studying under the Honours BMus degree Jakob Bahr. After which she 2019. She has been dividing majoring in Performance tuition of Lance Coburn. went to The Academy Of her time between piano Brendan has enjoyed and Conducting. Doireann Music In Krakow, Poland, tuitions and music research. is now in her first year of success in competitions with Mariusz Ciołko. In 2020, both nationally and the Masters in Performance She is a graduate student at the Royal Irish Academy internationally and has at the Royal Irish Academy had wide experience in of Music under Professor of Music, with Anthony Thérèse Fahy. instrumental and vocal Byrne. accompaniment. Ella Nagy Emma O’Brien Frasier Hickland JJ McNamara Kah Mun Ong Laoise McMullin Piano Piano Piano Piano Piano Piano

Ella Nagy has appeared Emma is a 20 year old Pianist Frasier Hickland At 22 JJ has won national Born in Malaysia, in 2018 Originally from Galway, as a soloist with the RTÉ pianist living in Louth and currently studies with and international awards, Kah Mun joined the Royal Laoise is currently in her NSO in a concert which has been playing piano Professor Anthony Byrne performed the concerti of Irish Academy of Music third year of her Bachelor was broadcasted live on since 2008. In 2013 she was at the RIAM. He has been Tchaikovsky and Chopin in to study on the Master in of Music Performance in Lyric FM where she also fortunate to be awarded a featured on both BBC the NCH and made his solo Music Performance and is RIAM, studying piano under received a standing ovation. Scholarship with the RIAM, Radio Ulster and BBC Radio début at the Clandeboye currently continuing her Professor Thérèse Fahy. Past winner of the RIAM- allowing her to progress 3 ‘In Tune’, and frequently Festival in 2019 & the NCH piano studies with Hugh Laoise has won prizes at hosted Maura Dowdall her piano studies under collaborates with Northern on October 30th 2019. Tinney after completing competitions including Competition and presently the wonderful Professor Ireland Opera. Recently, JJ studies with Hugh the program. Kah Mun ESB Feis Ceoil and Sligo in her final year, Ella plays a Réamonn Keary. She has he won the John Benson Tinney and is studying for has also played chamber Feis Ceoil, and enjoys wide range of both solo and just recently graduated Memorial Cup at the Feis his Masters at The Royal music and collaborated performing music from a chamber music repertoire. with a Diploma in Music Ceoil. Academy of music in as an accompanist with wide range of genres. Teaching and Performance London this September. individuals, choir and ballet. and is now currently in her first year of the BMusPerf degree. Rachel O’Hara Tanya Massey Xu Fei Han Arthur Greene Matthew Breen Piano Piano Piano Organ Organ

Rachel O’Hara is a 21 year Tanya Massey, a student of Born in Malaysia, XuFei Arthur Greene is an A recent RIAM graduate, old pianist from Enniskerry, Professor Réamonn Keary, started learning piano at organist, pianist and Matthew Breen studied Co. Wicklow. She is a is currently in her final year a young age. She scored harpsichordist from Kildare, organ with David Adams. student of Prof. Thérѐse of BA studies at the Royal a distinction in ATCL Ireland. He is currently His varied career as an Fahy and is in her 3rd year Irish Academy of Music. piano examination in 2016 studying a masters in organist, harpsichordist of the Bachelor of Music She comes from a family and LTCL examination performance playing the and jazz pianist sees Performance degree. of musicians and enjoys in 2018. An enthusiastic organ at The Royal Irish him perform regularly in Rachel is a consecutive first playing live gigs with them. music learner, XuFei took Academy of Music under concerts and festivals of all prize winner at the Feis course in Overseas Masters Dr David Adams. He genres, throughout Ireland. Ceoil, winning the Esposito Winter Piano Academy at studied music (majoring Matthew has been Organist Cup (2018), Nordell Cup Yehudi Menuhin School, in composition) in Trinity and Choir Director at St (2019) and Heneghan Cup UK 2016 and participated College Dublin for his Patrick's Church in Dalkey (2021). in summer festival in undergraduate degree and since 2016 and has been Euro Music Festival and there held the position of awarded the Senior Organ Academy in Halle, Germany college organ scholar for Scholarship at Liverpool 2018. XuFei got accepted three years. Cathedral for 2021-22. in RIAM and began her Diploma in Music Teaching and Performance course in 2020. Vocal

Heather Sammon Lauren McCann Sophie Redmond Mezzo-soprano Soprano Kehoe

Heather Sammon is a 22-year-old Soprano Lauren Mezzo-soprano mezzo-soprano from McCann gained a first-class Aimee-Rose Caoimh Ella Caroline Behan Kildare. She has recently honours in her BA Music Sophie is on the Diploma in Music Teaching and Willett Lundy Soprano graduated from Maynooth Performance Degree at University where she Queen’s University Belfast Performance course in Soprano Soprano studied Music and Irish. She in 2020. She is currently the Royal Irish Academy of Music. She studies Caroline Behan is a Masters is currently studying for a undertaking her Diploma voice under the tuition American Soprano, Aimée- Caoimh-Ella is a 19 year old in Music Performance Diploma in Music Teaching in Music Teaching and of Imelda Drumm. She Rose Willett, is a MMus Perf soprano from the north student studying with and Performance under Performance at the Royal has completed her (Vocal Studies) student at of Ireland. She is currently Mary Brennan and Sylvia O Brien. Irish Academy of Music with undergraduate degree the RIAM. Most recently, studying on the Diploma Dearbhla Collins. Previous vocal tutelage from Lynda in Music and English in Willett was seen “on stage” in Music Teaching and Productions for the RIAM Lee. Lauren is looking University College Dublin, in Pergolesi’s La Serva Performance course at include, Serpina La Serva forward to taking part in where she received choral Padrona directed by Sinead the Royal Irish Academy Padrona, Giunone La this year’s ChamberFest. scholarship for two years. O’Neill and Owen Gilhooly. of Music and studies Calisto, Chorus The Fairy She has performed in Some career highlights voice with Lynda Lee. In Queen, Chorus Il Ballo delle venues from the National include: soprano soloist for September of this year, Ingrate, Ensemble Woman Concert Hall to Carnegie the Shepaug Friends of Caoimh-Ella is going to Banished. Notable Hall. Music open sing of Handel’s the Royal Conservatoire engagements include, ESB Messiah; soprano soloist of Scotland to study Feis Ceoil Young Platform for Concert Choir of NECT for a Bachelor of Music Series, John Field Room, (CCNECT) Handel’s Messiah, (Performance). NCH September 2016 and and soprano soloist for 2018, ‘Evening of Song’ ’ Neue for the John McCormack liebeslieder Op. 65 also Society, Mansion House, with CCNECT. Aimée-Rose June 2018. currently resides in Dublin, Ireland and is studying under soprano Mary Brennan and repetiteur Dearbhla Collins.

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